Notes

[1]Written under the text of the “Draft C.P.C. Decision on the
Free Entry of Foodstuffs into the Russian Soviet Federation”,
proposed by G. Y. Sokolnikov and circulated among the
Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) C.C. members. The final point of the
draft said: “To permit the People’s Commissariat for Finance,
on grounds by agreement with the People’s Commissariat for
Foreign Trade, to issue permits to state establishments and
enterprises and enterprises of the state trustified industry, and to
co-operatives and private persons, for the right to remit and
export cash, currency and all lands of valuables for the purpose
of acquiring abroad foodstuffs, with adequate guarantees granted
for their subsequent importation.” Lenin underscored the word
“guarantees” with four lines (Central Party Archives of the
Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U. Central Committee).
See this volume, Document 662.